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minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoIt’s super easy to migrate accounts on Mastodon. Even works fine to move an account from Mastodon to Akkoma for example.
minus-squaremke@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoYour content stays behind, though, and some shut down without warning. Your posts will not be moved, due to technical limitations.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoContent is mirrored on all federated instances and it is very rare for an instance to shut down without notice.
minus-squaremke@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI meant that it’s not directly associated with you as the owner through your migrated account. Edited comment (many to some).
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoI don’t think that’s even desirable and also legally questionable. But anyways, these posts are not gone with an instance shutting down and thus I don’t really see a problem. You can always add a link to a mirrow of those old posts in your profile.
It’s super easy to migrate accounts on Mastodon. Even works fine to move an account from Mastodon to Akkoma for example.
Your content stays behind, though, and some shut down without warning.
Content is mirrored on all federated instances and it is very rare for an instance to shut down without notice.
I meant that it’s not directly associated with you as the owner through your migrated account.
Edited comment (many to some).
I don’t think that’s even desirable and also legally questionable. But anyways, these posts are not gone with an instance shutting down and thus I don’t really see a problem. You can always add a link to a mirrow of those old posts in your profile.